Bentonite: a swelling market
By Emma Hughes
Published: Monday, 26 November 2012
As the global recession loosens its grip on the world economy, IM considers how bentonite has weathered the storm, looking at its most important end markets and their economic drivers
Bentonite is a versatile mineral,
with an ever-growing number of uses under its belt. Having
struggled in recent years with rising freight costs, the
high-bulk, low-cost mineral has bounced back in 2012 to
increase its global presence in many important industries.
Bentonite is a clay mineral that expands, absorbing
several...